Narrator discussing trade of goods between countries. New cars being offloaded from a ship at a port. Seaman and dock workers watching over railing of freighter, The "Chesire" with home port of Liverpool England. Closeup of the ship, Tara Maru, with home port Osaka, Japan. A Greek freighter in port. Cars on a highway in the United States. Passengers in a rapid transit train traveling beside super highway of many lanes in the United States. Ground level views of highway and low aerial views of car and truck traffic on a busy highway.. A Boeing 727-100 airplane and other passenger aircraft around runways and on tarmac at a civilian airport. Glimpse of various late 1960s and early 1970s cars and trucks on crowded section of highway during heavy traffic. People boarding a bus. Logs, steel tubes, and bulk cargoes being moved. A truck full of lumber. Cargo being loaded on an airplane. A cargo ship passing under the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco California. Bureau of Census workers compiling data using early computers, with views of keyboards and reel-to-reel tape drives. Bureau reports being placed in manila envelopes and run on a bulk mail handling machine for postal mailing. Factory workers walking from a parking area toward a factory plant to start their work day, with close-up views of some of them carrying lunch boxes. Men in business suits carrying brief cases. Entry gate of a prison, with close up view of perimeter fencing and then view of guard tower visible inside the prison yard. View upward from exterior of the high prison fence, with barbed wire atop the fence. Brief exterior views of two court of justice buildings in the U.S.
Howard Hughes in the cockpit of Northrop Gamma 2G, NR13761, preparing to depart Chicago and attempting a speed record from Chicago Illinois to Los Angeles, California. Men standing near the parked airplane. The aircraft starts and taxis. Hughes pilot in the cockpit. Airport buildings in the background including an American Airlines terminal.
American aviator Howard Hughes at an airfield in Chicago Illinois. Hughes poses in front of his parked, rented Northrop Gamma 2G (NR13761), as he prepares to set a new flight speed record from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California. Men stand nearby. Airport terminal buildings in the background. Hughes boards the airplane. Hughes in the cockpit of the Northrop Gamma 2G aircraft. Several men stand near the airplane. The airplane taxis and takes off and in flight overhead. It reached Los Angeles in 8 hours and 10 minutes, setting a new speed record for east-to-west flight between Chicago and Los Angeles.
Various dams on Colorado River in the United States, primarily serving California. Parker Dam is at a point 155 miles (250 km) downstream of Hoover Dam. View of the dam. Power plant of the Parker Dam. Canal that provides industrial supplies. Views of Parker Dam, Imperial Dam, Palo Verde Diversion Dam, Hoover Dam and Morelos Dam showing their canals system. Views of the Colorado River.
Democratic National Convention at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois. Helen Gahagan (ex Broadway star, wife of film star Melvyn Douglas and herself a candidate for Congress from California) answers media persons. Photographers take photos. Mrs. Claude Pepper of Florida, Congress-woman Mary Norton of New Jersey, Senator Jackson of Indiana, Senator Scott Lucas, old warrior James Farley and others present. Chairman Robert Hanneagan calls the Democratic National Convention into session. Mrs. Charles Tillett of North Carolina addresses the convention. Helen Gahagan gives a speech. Oklahoma's Chief Executive Robert S. Kerr delivers an address.
The Democratic National Convention at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois. A large crowd gathers for the national convention. People cheer. Banners reading 'Missouri' and 'North Carolina'. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, nominee for the president, and other officials standing on a platform. Democratic Party Chairman, Senator Thomas J. Walsh (Montana) speaks to Roosevelt and congratulates him on his nomination to be the Democratic party candidate for President of the United States. The flag of the United States in the background. Another flag with 'California' written on it. Democratic Presidential candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt speaks.
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